Social Issues
- Much good news and some worrying results in new study of Muslim public opinion in Canada November 1, 2011
MEDIA RELEASE November 1, 2011, Ottawa, ON – At a time when Muslims constitute one of Canada’s fastest growing immigrant communities and Islam the fastest-growing religion, Canadians will find much to reassure them, but also much to ponder, in a...
- National Post: The government’s omnibus crime bill is not draconian by MLI Senior Fellow Ben Perrin September 28, 2011
September 28, 2011 - In today's National Post, new MLI Senior Fellow and Law Professor Benjamin Perrin discusses the criminal justice reforms included in the Safe Streets and Communities Act. He says, "While not perfect, the bill introduces numerous re...
- Straight Talk: Enhancing Canadians’ safety through corrections and parole reform for repeat offenders September 12, 2011
September 13, 2011, Ottawa, ON – A disproportionately large volume of crime in this country is committed by a disproportionately small number of offenders. Dealing effectively with these repeat offenders is central to improving the public safety of C...
- MLI's Brian Crowley discusses Canada's prison reforms after the latest comments by Conrad Black in the Toronto Star September 8, 2011
In the September 5th, 2011 issue of the Toronto Star, MLI Managing Director Brian Lee Crowley discusses the latest comments by Conrad Black against the government’s tougher sentencing bills, prison expansion plans, and prisoner control programs. In...
- Scott Newark in the National Post: StatsCan’s reporting has improved, but Canadians still need better access to information about our safety August 2, 2011
August 2, 2011 - In today's National Post, Scott Newark discusses StatsCan's recently released report on 2010 crime data in Canada. In the article, "Let's be honest about crime", Newark examines the "crime is down" message in the report and highligh...
- The Crime Stats Debate - Reworking the Numbers May 13, 2011
May 13, 2011 - Scott Newark's analysis of the StatsCan 2009 police-reported crime statistics has sparked much debate since its release. More importantly, it is shedding some light on the analysis of crime data in hopes to create more accurate and rele...
- The Crime Stats Debate – The Real Numbers March 21, 2011
The Macdonald-Laurier Institute (MLI) today released a Commentary, Myths and Urban Legends concerning Crime in Canada, written by Ian Lee, PhD, Associate Professor at Carleton University’s Sprott School of Business. Responding to the “angry and ...
- Revolution on an Empty Stomach March 17, 2011
The Macdonald-Laurier Institute (MLI) today released a Commentary, Revolution on an Empty Stomach, written by John Thompson, the head of the Mackenzie Institute. Every day we are inundated with news of revolution and unrest around the world. From Al...
